Carthage Central School - Carthadian Yearbook (Carthage, NY)

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EDITOR'S NOTE Probably one of the most difficult tasks in putting together the 1968 Carthadian was to find an appropriate theme. Not only must the entire yearbook be constructed around the theme, but it must be something that the whole student body can appreciate and apply to themselves, for the content of the yearbook is about them. We chose time as our theme for the 1968 Carthadian because we felt that it was some- thing in which we all share a common interest. Time is essential to all of us in our own ways, whether it means getting to class on time, or keeping to the music, or timing a play just right. We have tried to present time at Carthage Central as we see it. To supplement our theme, we have taken a passage from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible, the third chapter, verses 2-8. Although everyone may not be familiar with this passage, it does contain a few lines that we found particularly applicable to us, the student body. lt would only be right to open our yearbook with some symbol of time, so we have depicted, on the cover, an Aztec sun calendar. The 1968 Carthadian, then, is a way of expressing what time has meant to each of us. We think that for every student at Carthage Central, there is a time for . . . Dedication Administration Faculty Junior High Sports Senior High Activities Seniors Yearbook Staff Senior Directory Patrons and Sponsors 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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THE I968 CARTHADIAN CARTHAGE CENTRAL JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CARTHAGE, NEW YORK VQLUME XI

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DEDICA TION J .aa WILFRED J. RUSHMAN His thirty-fourth year as a professional educator will be noted in September, 1968, as the supervising principal of our Carthage Central School District. Wilfred J. Rushman has devoted all thirty-four of those years to students of local school systems. The challenge and opportunity of working with young people were paramount considerations in Mr. Rushmanls choice of a career when, after his graduation from St. Lawrence in 1934, he came to West Carthage as coach, physical education instructor and classroom teacher. In 1944 he became principal of West Carthage Public Schools. Ever interested in ways and means of improving and expanding educational facilities, Mr. Rushman was one of the prime movers in bringing together thirty-two school districts into what is now the Carthage Central School District. In February 1954, he was appointed the district's first supervising principal, a position he has occupied continously since that time. His tasks in this capacity have never been easy, and doubtless would have defeated many a man less determined. To begin with, there was literally no schooli' for a large number of the students inherited by the new district. Mr. Rushman not only guided the district through that difficult formative period but also helped ease the growing pains that accompanied the planning, building and utilization of the district's then-new junior-senior high school and other new facilities in West Carthage and Natural Bridge. Significantly for those of us who are today's students in the school system administered by Mr. Rushman, he remains, after 34 years in education, an innovator-one who is eager to give expression to new and modern concepts and stances in education. He remains, too, one who first and foremost is dedicated to the student. We the staff of the Carthage Central School yearbook are proud to dedicate the 1968 Carthadian to . . . WILFRED J. RUSHMAN l 3